Rheumatology
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No short-term benefit of hydroxychloroquine found for primary Sjögren’s
Major Finding: The favorable overall response rate after 6 months was 19.6% for treatment with hydroxychloroquine and 19.2% with placebo.Data...
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Liver function monitoring for methotrexate needs more study
Major Finding: Methotrexate was discontinued in 28 (32%) of 87 patients with liver function test elevations less than 1.5 times the upper limit of...
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Antibodies May Link to Lung Disease in RA
Major Finding: Levels of anticyclic citrullinated peptide and 17 specific anticitrullinated peptide antibodies ranged from 46% to 273% higher in...
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Ischemic Stroke Rates Same for Anti-TNFs vs. nbDMARDs in RA
Major Finding: Of 130 verified incident ischemic cerebrovascular accidents, 109 occurred in 11,642 patients treated with anti–tumor necrosis...
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Osteoporosis, Vertebral Fractures May Flag Heart Risk in RA
Major Finding: Of 603 patients from a convenience sample of adults who met 1987 ACR criteria for RA classification, 230 had at least one...
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New Model Tops Others for Predicting Heart Disease in RA
Major Finding: Using receiver operating curves analyses, the new model predicted cardiovascular disease incidence better than did the other...
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Anti-Jo1 Predicts Improvement With Rituximab
Major Finding: Presence of the anti-synthetase autoantibody Jo-1 at baseline strongly predicted improvement in myositis patients taking rituximab...
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Window of Opportunity Remains Elusive in RA
Major Finding: A window of opportunity exists in rheumatoid arthritis, whereby aggressive combination therapy consistently demonstrates better...
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Subcutaneous Nodules Linked to Cardiovascular Disease Risk in RA
Major Finding: In 23,327 patients with RA, the presence of subcutaneous nodules was found to confer a 44% increase in the risk of cardiovascular...
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Does an Active Childhood Build Strong Knees?
Major Finding: Childhood physical activity was significantly associated with increased tibial bone area in early adulthood, including an...
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Anti-TNFs Have Not Leveled Cardiovascular Risk in RA
Major Finding: During the 10-year Dutch study, 58 cardiovascular events occurred in 353 patients with more than 2,361 patient-years of follow-up,...